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DAVID THOMAS OWEN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE D. T. OWEN COMPANY, OF EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION.

DAVENPORT BED AND COUCH.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

Application flledJ'anuary 24, 1910. Serial No. 539,816.

Beds and Couches, of which the following is a specification. My invention is an improvement in clavenport beds and couches oft-he kind having a folding or changeable seat adapted to provide a bed in one of its positions of rest, and the improvement consists in a movable back for the couch which is adapted to be raised to a vertically inclined rest position at the rear of the couch so that the seat may be folded and unfolded and the rear of the couch be left open for ventilation when the In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a davenport bed and couch embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 isa cross section of the couch and bed unfolded as in useas a bed. ,Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section of the rear top rail with back raised as shown in full lines and down as shown in dotted lines.

In many of the more attractive designs of davenport couches, a continuous top border rail 1s an essential feature This rail not only strength of the couch and bed. Moreover in such desirable couches, the frame ends and back are made relatively low. These conditions render it difficult to provide a swinging'or lifting back for the couch if the exact lines and proportions are to be observed and followed, especially if the back is upholstered and is easily marred or marked.

My main object therefore is to duplicate this style of davenport and provide suitable means to hinge or movably support the back thereon so that the same may occupy lowered and elevated rest positions without visible change in the construction of the couch and without causing injury to the upholstering or finish of the parts when the parts are shifted orconverted from a couch to a bed or vice versa.

As shown, the couch frame comprisesends or arms 2 which support a bed frame 3 between them, also a foldable'bed 1 pivotally mounted within frame 3 and covered by a adds tothe appearance of the-couch as. a whole but also to the durability and- -cushioned and upholstered seat 5, separate or attached thereto. These parts are not herein claimed as new, but merely represent :one of many kinds of folding seat beds and more particularly such as used and already patented by me. It will also be understood that a davenport bed of this kind is knockdown and separable. Now continuing, the couch frame has a rear border rail 6 flush and'even with border rails 7 on ends 2, and rail 6 is preferably detachably connected with said ends, but otherwise rigid and statlonary as fixed by bracketsS and screws 9.

or theirequivalent. Back 10 of the couch is supported to swing from these brackets 8 or similar brackets secured to the bottom of top rail 6.' The back supporting means comprises a pair of links 12 at either end of the couch, which links are pivotally secured at their upper ends to brackets 8 and at their lower ends to a bar or bars 14 having anupwardly extending front portion 15 upon which back 10 is pivotally suspended or slip ported by a bracket 16 mounted on the proectmg portion 17 of frame 18 of said back. The upholstering 19 is on the front of frame 18. Links 12 and bar 14 provide a shifting fulcrum orpivot support for the back which permits the edge portion 17 thereof to rest below rail 6 when the back is down and also permits said portion to rest on the top of the 'rail whenthe back is elevated, all to this advantage that a fixed and stationary border rail 6 may be employed-in a davenport bed which will have a finishing front edge or face 20 of any desirable height or configuration.

In operation, when thetbed is to be unfolded back 10 is grasped at its bottom edge and carried forward and upward by a sweeping movement until it rests in inverted position upon rail 6, the shifting fulcrum support 14 serving tocarry the back forwar'clly and upwardly around the front edge of rail 6. If desired, a locking device may also be employed to hold the back 10 in raised positions, although its own weight when in rcarwardly inclined and elevated position is sufficient to assure its permanent seating above and upon rail 6.

What I claim is:

1. In a davenport bed adapted .to be folding a shifting support suspended from said shifting fulcrum support mounted upon the said top rail and removable therewith.

A convertible bed of the davenport type having a folding and unfolding seat section and a fixed border rail at its top and rear, and a seat back having hinged connections secured to the bottom of said rail adapting said seat back to be bodily "aised above the top of said rail into an inclined rest position.

4. A davenport bed having a folding seat section and a couch frame having a detachle border rail,'in combination with a 1nova le seat back provided with a shifting ful crum mounted upon the bottom of said rail whereby said back may be raised and lowered above and below said rail.

5. A convertible bed and couch coinpris ing a couch frame having a border rail, a folding seat and bed section mounted within saidframe, and a couch back having a swinging support and hinged connect ions adapting said back to more forwardly and sw rling upwardly to rest upon the top of said rai 6. In a convertible bed and couch, a sup porting frame and a folding seat and bed section therein, a rear border rail, and a hinged seat back having a shifting support comprising parallel links and a pivot connection for the back suspended bysaid links and adapting said back to'be rotatably reversed into position upon the top of said rail.

7. A davenport bed having a foldable seat "1d bed section, a movable back adapted to ac raised and lowered into different rest po sitions having a shifting support comprisi.

ing links and a right angled bar connected therewith havingan upwardly extending front portion and pivot connection with said back.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

DAVID THOMAS OWEN. Witnesses;

H. H. MAs'rnN, J12, E. L. BALDWIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents eac11, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). C. 

